Beginner Lesson 1.1 – Self-Introduction
Self-Introduction In Chinese For Beginners
- Greeting: say "Hi" in Chinese
- Self-introduction in Chinese with your first name
- Self-introduction in Chinese with your last name
- Self-introduction in Chinese with your full name
VOCABULARY
| HSK | CHINESE | PINYIN | P.O.S | ENGLISH | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 我 | wǒ | pr. | I; me | |
| 1 | 叫 | jiào | v. | to call; to be called | |
| 2 | 姓 | xìng | v./n. | last name to be / last name | |
| 1 | 好 | hǎo | adj. | good; well; okay |
EXPRESSIONS
| HSK | CHINESE | PINYIN | ENGLISH | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 你好 | nǐhǎo | hello; hi |
GRAMMAR
Grammar 1: Hello in Chinese · HSK 1
When we want to say hi or hello in Chinese, we say 你好. Literally, it means, "you; good". Many people wonder why we use 你好 to mean hello in Chinese. This is because it's like we're saying "I bet you're doing good today".
Grammar 2: Names in Chinese · HSK 1
In Chinese, people's last name goes before their first name. The last name is usually one character, while the first name is usually one or two characters.
Grammar 3: Self-introduction in Chinese with 叫 · HSK 1
wǒ jiào... 我叫……I am called... / My name is...
You can use this structure to introduce your (1)full name; (2) first name or nick name. For example,
- wǒ jiào Dàwèi
我叫大卫。
my name is David - wǒ jiào Chéng Lóng
我叫成龙。
my name is Cheng Long - wǒ jiào Lǐ Xiǎolóng
我叫李小龙。
my name is Li Xiaolong
Be very careful that 叫 usually is not followed by a first name that is one-character. For example the sentence below can be considered incorrect.
wǒ jiào lóng
✗ 我叫龙。
my name is Long
Grammar 4. Self-introduction in Chinese with 姓 · HSK 1
wǒ xìng... 我姓……My last name is...
You can use this structure to introduce your last name. For example:
- wǒ xìng Lǐ
我姓李。
my last name is Li - wǒ xìng Wáng
我姓王。
my last name is Wang
I notice that some native Mandarin speakers—including Lili—pronounce the pinyin “ìng” vowel sound almost like “eeyung” (but quickly as one syllable), while others pronounce it more similarly to how an English speaker would pronounce an “ing” sound in English. Is this a regional difference? Which is the mostly widely used and versatile pronunciation?
Thank you.
You are right about the pronunciation differences. Generally in Norther China, “in” and “ing” are pronounced differently but in a lot of southern provinces, “ing” are pronounced in the same way as “in” .
If you haven’t checked our Pinyin Pronunciation Course, we recommend going through it along with this main course to help with the pronunciation and listening.
Finals “in” and “ing” are in Lesson 10.
Hi Lili and fellow students. Do you have any suggestions for writing the characters? I’m having some difficulty in this area. Thanks in advance for your tips.
Have you checked out our Chinese Characters Writing Course? It starts from each single strokes, and then small character components and then discusses character structure and the ways how Chinese characters are created. It is highly recommended to go along with this course.
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Wo jiao Tanya
Hi Lili! I really like your course, and the way how you teaching. My first language is Russian, and English is my second language. I started to learn Chinese first time and I was very surprised how simple all the rules and grammar as compare Russian, English , French and other European languages. I found writing characters and listening and talking is difficult , but now I am enjoying to learn Chinese. I surprise that I can read some characters, and say some words and even sentences in Chinese.
I am happy that your course seems so clear as I have to translate American English to English English as well as learning Chinese. But seriously I thank you.
Hi David I’m so glad that you find our lesson on self-introduction in Chinese helpful! Wish you the best of luck learning Chinese!
I love the way you teach. I can understand easily what is your point of view. I am also basic Chinese student in Pakistan. Hope you will be very helpful for me to learn also. Xie xie ziajian
你好郝力, 我叫艾伦 Alain, 我是加拿大人，我五十六岁,
I really like your course and the way you present the materials, very logical, I Love it!
Also presently taking Manderin level 1 at the University.
我真喜欢，谢谢你
谢谢你艾伦！很高兴你喜欢我们的课。
That’s awesome that you are taking Chinese classes at a university and that was a great self-introduction in Chinese. Wishing you the best of luck learning Chinese!
你好
this lesson is very straightforward and easy to understand thank you.
Can I say Wo Jiao Omar?
Thanks
Hello ma’am.
Its me Maqsood Ali from Pakistan I have just started a course here to learn Chinese language hope I will got it soon.
Ni Hao
My name is Valentina, I was wondering if Valen or Tina are better as a Chinese name? Valen:
瓦伦 or Tina: 蒂娜
Hi! My name is Valentina (very long), I was wondering how I’d write it? Maybe Valen or Tina, which is better: 蒂娜 (Tina) or 瓦伦 (Valen)
你好老师！ 我很高兴认识你。
I want to learn perfect pronunciation from this site. How and what can I get to it? 🙂
Ni hao
Wo xing Gift.
Really like it so far reminds me a lot of being in school. How ever im having a small problem with introducing my name. I am from Iceland and here it goes “First name” “last name i gues you would call it” and then you’r fathers name and added son or daughter to the end. My name is Gunnar Smári Rögnvaldsson. Rögnvaldsson meaning son of Rögnvaldur, so when introducing myself what would be the best way to do so?.
Ni Hav
wao Jiao Sdam Baig
Thanks for your online chinese learning classs and i was amazed to see your mode of teaching that is awesome.This is my first yearin china and without having profound chinese language command its hard to survive in china
Nihao,
Wo xing Akintan
Wo jiao Alaba
Thank you Lili for making the leaning easy. Looking forward to speak like native Chinese
Hey! I am a high school student interested in learning Chinese “seriously” and hopefully one day going to China to study abroad. I would like to know how I should start my Chinese Learning Journey and the most efficient way to do so. I would also love some tips on learning the language at an efficient pace as I would love to be able to start communicating in Chinese as fluently as possible and as soon as possible! Thanks, Nicole
We have a Learning Road Map, here’s a quick link→.
Ni hao.
Wo xing Lamphier.
Wo jiao Connor.
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你好. 我性 SIKA, 我叫 SIKA BRICE.
你好吗
我很好谢谢
我叫 Daniel, 我是国人
I’m really exciting about to learn Mandarin. I just found this website and I’m trying it.
It seems to be very well designed and I’m looking for a tool like that to improve my learning.
Thanks.
谢谢 再见
你好。我姓Higgins。Is it okay to also say 我的名字是sierra。
你好 Lili !
I’m French and joined your course a few days ago. I do enjoy your lessons. I’m a beginner and I’m discovering the Chinese language with great pleasure. What attracts me more is how writing the characters despite their difficulty.
谢谢你 Lili 。
Rosemarie.
你好Rosemarie, 不客气！
I’m really happy for you! Glad you enjoy learning Chinese! 加油！
Hi, teacher Li, I really like your chinese course and the way your teaching. Thanks alot..
thanks
great very useful and helpful
This lesson is really helpful and it keeps me interacting a lot.
It’s good to know that you’re doing the practice along with the video and that you find this lesson was helpful for doing self-introduction in Chinese!
am new can you please help me.
Great I really like it , it’s simple and clear .
thanks a lot